Removable label for carriers



C. R. DUNIBLE.

REMOVABLE LABEL FOR CARRIERS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, I92I.

1,428,279, fatemi sept. 5, 1922.

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CLIFFORD 1a DUMBL'E, or ARLINGTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, Assioma, BY :MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE LAMSON' COMIANY, OF'BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- I roaaTroN or amssacnizrsaTTs.v

nnMovABLE LABEL Fon. mamans.

Application mea :une 7, 1921. i serial No. 475,588.

To all lwhom t may concern: v,

Be it known that I, Cmrronn R'. DUMBLE, citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Arlington, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Removable Labels for Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

In pneumatic carrier systems of the kind -employing carriers which are transmitted through pneumatic, tubes, it is customary to apply identification numbers or other characters or marks tothe several carriers to inl' 'dicate particular stations or routes in the system to which' the several carriers belong,

or to indicate particular classes of' ltransactions for whlch the carriers are used. When the identifying mark or index is permanently affixed, as by stamping it on the carrier, as has heretofore been the practice, a change of marking-or indexing cannot readily be made. It 1soften desirableto be able to change the identifying marks when the carriers are to be used 'at different stations, or for different kinds of transactions, or for other reasons, and the principal object of the present invention is to provide a removable and replaceable identification label for carriers of the kind referred to, which can be readily applied and removed, and which will not interfere with the opening or closing of the carrier nor with the transit thereof through the pneumatic tubes.

In lthe accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention embodied in a carrier of a well known type for use in pneumatic carrier systems,

Fig. l is a front elevation showing the carrier closed; l

Fig. 2 'is a Ifront elevation showing the carrier open;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-'3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the identification label removed from the carrier.

The carrier hereinv shown consists of an inner cylindrical casing l and an outer -cylindrical casing 2, the former being'closely fitted within the latter, and the two casings being adapted for limited, relative, rotary movement. ,l The innercasing 1 is connected to one of the felt covered heads 3, and the i outer casing 2 is connected to the other felt heads' vand 4, one with each hand, the casungsmay be turned relatively to each other to. open and close the carrier.

The inner vcasing l is provided with an opening 5 and the outer casin 2 is provided with a similar opening 6. hese openings are out ofv alinement when the carrier is closed as shown in Fig. l, but are adapted to be brought into register with each other to open the carrier, as shown in Fig. 2, when the two casings are relatively rotated. There are suitable stops (not shown) vfor limiting the relative movement of the casings in each direction. The parts thus far described may be of usual construction, and 1n and -of themselves vdo not constitute the present invention.

A second aperture 9 is provided in that part of the wall of the inner casing 1 which closes the opening 6 of the outer casing, and whose outer surface 7 is exposed through the opening 6 when the carrier is closed and is concealed by the outer casing when the carrier is open. 1

A label 8 of paper, sheet Celluloid or other suitable'material, is removably secured to the inner caslng over the aperture 9, so that one side of the label will be visible through side of the label will be visible through both openings 5 and 6 of the inner and outer casings respectively when the carrier is open, the label then appearing on the inside of the carrier. Thus a single removable label may be employed which is visible when the carrier is either open or closed. It will be understood that the label will bear the same identifying numerals or other characters on both sides.

The label, being carried by the inner casing, will not interfere in any way' with the ltransit of the carrier through the tubes, and is visible through the common opening 6 whether the carrier is open or closed.

Y The means em loyed for holding the label in position shouljd also be such as to make easy its insertion and removal, and such as not to interfere with the openin an/d closing of the carrier. To this end t e aperture 9 is formed in a depressed portion I4 of the wall of the inner casing 1, so that when the label 8 lies in the depression' and extends across the opening 9, its-outer face will be y substantially flush with or slightly below the cylindrical surface of the casing 1. 'ljhus j the label will present no salient or projectthrough which Athe ends of the -label 8 project; andv accidental displacement of they label is prevented by .stops V12 and 13, which may be struck up rom-the metal of theinner casing, to engagethe ends ofthe label.

The label 8' being made preferably of i sheet Celluloid; cr the like, possesses sulicient inherentresilieneyjso lthat it will be yieldingly but'remov'ablyheld in position when applied,` tothe`v carrier and bent to conform. substantiallyftc'the curvature of V, mounted in said .depression'visible from both sides of'said inner casing wall, and lyin below they outer surface of the wal. p

l claim: 1... A carrier" comprising` relatively movable inner and .outer casings having openings adapted to be moved into and out .of alinement by the relativefr'novement of the the carrier wall as shown in Figure 3. f

casings n. in 'opening and closing the'carrier,A

and means whereby an indicator label may be removably secured tothe wall of one of said casings.

` 2. A carrier comprising relatively movable inner and outer casings having openings adapted to be moved into and out of alinement by the relative movement of the casings in opening and closing the carrier, andan indicator label remevably secured to the inner casing, the parts being so arranged that the label will bevisible both from the exterior and the interior of the carrier.

3. carrier comprising relatively mov-- able inner and outer casings having openin s therein, and -an indicator label removably secured to the inner casing and arranged so as to be visiblev through an opening in the outer casing when the carrier is,`in either open or closed position.

. Il. A carrier comprising relatively movable inner and outer casings having- `openings adapted to be moved into and out of alinement by the relative movement of the casings in opening and closing the carrier, and an indicator label removably secured to the inner casing in a position to be visible through the opening of the ,outer casing when the carrier is closed, and 'through [the openings of both the inner and outer casings-when the carrier is open.

5. A carrier comprising relatively movable inner and outer casings having openings adapted to be moved .into and out of 'alinement by the relative movement ofthe casings in opening and closing the carrier, and the inner casinghaving a second aperture in that y part of its wall whose outer `surface is exposedthrough the opening the ,outer casn Maaate ing when the carrier is closed and is con-l cealed by the wall of the outer casi-ng when the carrier is open, and a` label removably se- -cured tothe inner casing over the second aperture, whereby one side of the label will be visible through the opening in the outer C-aSlIlg S 6.` A' carrier comprising relatively movable inner and outer cas1ngs,a depresslon 1n the-wall ofthe inner casing, and a label removably mounted in said"depres`sion Iand lying wholly below the outer surface of' the wall of the inner casing.

if; A carrier comprlsing relatively4 movable inner and outer casings, a depression inthe wall of' the inner casing, having an aperture therein, and a label removably Wholly of the inner casing.'y

8. A carrier comprising relatively 4movable inner andvouter ca'sings,` a depression in the wall of the inner casing having anl aperture therein and a pair of slots, one at each side ofthe aperture, and a label removably mounted in said depression with its opposite edges engaging said slots.

9. A. `carrier comprising relatively movable inner and outer casings, a depression in the wall of the inner casing having an aperture-therein and a pair of slots, one at each side of the aperture, and a label removably mounted in said depressionv with its o-pposite edges engaging said slots, and stops to prevent the displacement of said label when in position. e

1,0. A carrier comprising a shell-like casing having an inwardly depressed` portion provided with an opening in its bottom wall,

and having a slot at each side of the depression, a label provided withind'icia upon lts o-pposite faces removably mounted in said v depression with its opposite margins extending through the respective slots, and stops at the remote sides of the slots constructed and arranged to engage the edgesl of the label. 'i

11. A. carrier comp-rising a cylindrical casing having an inwardly depressed portion provided with an opening therethrough, a label seated within said dep-ression, and means for. preventing vaccidental displacement of the label therefrom.

12. ln combina-tion, a wall having a dethe sides of the slots to engage the edges of the labeln to prevent the displacement of said label when in position.

13. A carrier having vrelatively movable inner and outer casings having openings adapted to be moved into and out of alinement by the relative movement of the cas ings in opening and closing the carrier, and means wherebyv an indicator label may be removably secured to the wall of the inner casing.

14. A carrier having relatively movable inner and outer casings having openings adapted to be moved into and out of aline ment by the relative movement of the easings'in opening and closing the carrier, and an indicator label removably secured to the wall of the inner casing in such position that its outer surface will be exposed through the opening of the outer easing when the Carrier is closed and will be Covered by the outer casing when the carrier is open.

15. A carrier having relatively movable inner and outer casings closely fitting each other and a label removably mounted on the wall of the inner casing with its outer surface within the peripheral plane ofthe outer surface of the inner casing, whereby the label will not interfere with the opening or closing of the carrier.

16. A carrier comprising relatively movable inner and outer easings of sheet material closely fitting each other, the inner easing having a portion thereof struck inwardly to provide a depressed area, a label seated within such depressed area, and means whereby such label is retained against accidental removal therefrom.

17. A carrier comprising an inner cylindrioally curved member having a depression therein, the longitudinal edges of the bottom of said depression being defined by elongate slots, a curved label seated within said depression with its opposite edges engaging the respect-ive slots, and means to. lprevent eireumferential displacement of t e label.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts this twenty-fourth day of Ma 1921.

CLIFFORD R. UMBLE. 

